Customizing Springshare’s Spaces to maximize user experience

Abstract

Oklahoma State University Library’s online study room booking service is highly valued and widely used, and we owe much of its success to the effectiveness of Springshare’s LibCal's room booking software. As we planned to transition to the new Spaces platform, we sought feedback from our students and found that they highly valued the service and offered suggestions for additional features. The new Application Programming Interface (API) provided by Spaces has given us the freedom to create a highly customized interface that incorporates the students' suggestions, resulting in an enhanced experience. We developed a web interface, which offers a range of features not available in the Spaces' interface, such as a mobile friendly and simplified UI, and the ability to search for available rooms by date, size, floor, and location. We are also making the application available for other libraries to download and customize to fit their needs. Join us to learn about our progress and explore how our tools can benefit your library.